Most Famous Russian Writers

Russia has produced 314 notable writers throughout history, led by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Russian Novelist (1821–1881) , ranked #85
  2. Leo Tolstoy — Russian Writer (1828–1910) , ranked #92
  3. Anton Chekhov — Russian Playwright (1860–1904) , ranked #130
  4. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — Russian Writer (1918–2008) , ranked #517
  5. Nikolai Gogol — Russian Novelist (1809–1852) , ranked #762
  6. Mikhail Bulgakov — Russian Novelist (1891–1940) , ranked #797
  7. Maxim Gorky — Russian Writer (1868–1936) , ranked #828
  8. Anna Akhmatova — Russian Writer (1889–1966) , ranked #1259
  9. Ivan Bunin — Russian Writer (1870–1953) , ranked #1301
  10. Ivan Turgenev — Russian Writer (1818–1883) , ranked #1302
  11. Mikhail Sholokhov — Russian Writer (1905–1984) , ranked #2391
  12. Chinghiz Aitmatov — Russian Author (1928–2008) , ranked #3211
  13. Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy — Russian Playwright (1883–1945) , ranked #3958
  14. Nikolay Chernyshevsky — Russian Novelist (1828–1889) , ranked #4044
  15. Fyodor Tyutchev — Russian Writer (1803–1873) , ranked #4456
  16. Sholem Aleichem — Russian Playwright (1859–1916) , ranked #4773
  17. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin — Russian Writer (1826–1889) , ranked #4976
  18. Aleksandr Kuprin — Russian Writer (1870–1938) , ranked #5390
  19. Nikolai Leskov — Russian Writer (1831–1895) , ranked #5622
  20. Nikolay Karamzin — Russian Writer (1766–1826) , ranked #6189